ISLAMABAD – May13, 2019: Telenor Pakistan, one of country’s
leading telecom operators, has unveiled its Sustainability Report 2017-18 which
highlights the company’s transformative efforts towards building Pakistan’s
economy and society. By staying true to its purpose of connecting people to
what matters most and integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
to its core strategiesand activities,Telenor Pakistan continues to make
significant contributions to the country’s socioeconomic progress.

The report
delves into Telenor Pakistan’s investments in the country in addition to the
contributions it has made to the national exchequer in lieu of direct and
indirect taxes. It also provides insights into the company’s role as one of
Pakistan’s leading employers with thousands of direct and indirect employees.
The powerful social impact of Telenor Pakistan’s digital interventions in
critical domains of life, such as agriculture, digital literacy, diversity
& inclusion, environment, humanrights andethics &compliance, is also
one of the key takeaways of the Sustainability Report.

“The
Sustainability Report 2017-18 effectively summarizes our efforts and testifies
to our progress being in the right direction,” said Kamal Ahmed, Chief
Corporate Affairs Officer, Telenor Pakistan. “As we envision empowering the
communities that we operate in, the report helps us keep good track of our
journey towards sustainable, transparent, efficient, and innovative business
practices in the country. At Telenor Pakistan, we stay committed to helping
shape Pakistan’s future through sustainable development in all areas and will
continue to explore more innovative ways to serve the country better.” Kamal
added.

Economic Impact

According
to the report, Telenor Pakistan has invested over USD 4 Billion and it remains
a responsible taxpayer having made fiscal contribution of over PKR 310 Billion
to the national exchequer in the form of direct and indirect taxes since inception.
Telenor Pakistan isalso a prominent employer offering 1,600 direct jobs and over
220,000 indirect and induced jobsto the people of Pakistan.

Social Impact

The Sustainability
Report also discusses Telenor Pakistan’s Diversity & Inclusion initiatives
NayaAghaaz and Open Mind Pakistan. NayaAghaaz, which aims to upskill women who
have been on a career break, has on-boarded 69 associates since its start.
Moreover, 73 persons with disabilities (PwDs) have received on job trainings
under Open Mind Pakistan, Telenor Pakistan’s flagship inclusion initiative for
the differently-abled. According to the report, about 580,000 children had been
registered in five districts of Sindh and Punjab by the end of 2018 under the Telenor
Pakistan-UNICEF joint project of Digital Birth Registration which aims to give
children their right to identity and thus access to basic amenities of life by
simplifying the birth registration process.

Significant
progress has been reported in mobile agriculture too with Telenor Pakistan’s
flagship mAgriservice‘KhushaalZamindaar’ reaching a user base of 6 million male
and female famers and the program’s extensions ‘KhushaalAangan’, ‘KhushaalSehat’,
and ‘KhushaalMaweshi’ coming into being.
Furthermore, Telenor Pakistan was reported taking the lead in digital
literacy of the youth with its Safe Internet & School Outreach Program and
iChamp 2; Over 450,000 children in public and private schools were educated on
the safe and constructive use of internet under the prior program, while the
latter covered 1,800 underprivileged schools across Pakistan training 630,000
students.

Environmental Impact

Telenor
Pakistan also made major progress on the environment and climate change front,
reducing the energy consumption and CO2 emission significantly on
organizational as well as per customer levels while at the same time promoting
use of Green Energy by increasing the total number of solar sites by 51% over
the last two years.

For
Telenor Pakistan, being a high performing company is not only about
performance, goals and achievements, but also about its commitment to
conducting business in a responsible, ethical, and lawful manner. To that end,
the company organized numerous awareness and training sessions on code of
conduct, compliance, anti-corruption, human rights due diligence, privacy, and
cybersecurity.